Chapter 837 The difference between justice and benefit
"Haha, Zihou, if you are tight, you can talk to us. Our colleagues will definitely help if we can. Why do you have to be tainted with the smell of copper? , it’s just a joke. "
Zhu Pingan had just entered Wuyi Hall. A middle-aged official who had never interacted with him very enthusiastically came forward, patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder, and said, He said to Zhu Pingan with a smile on his face.
Appears to be enthusiastic and well-intentioned.
Yes, I can only use the word "seemingly".
The acting skills are outstanding and the whole process is not distracted.
By the way, you can’t hide the contempt on your face, and the hehe you just made was too mocking...
At this moment, I have something to say mmp I don’t know whether to say it or not.
Zhu Ping'an raised his head and glanced at this person, twitched the corner of his mouth, and cursed in his heart, but with a slight smile on his face, "Thank you for your concern, sir. I don't know what you are talking about is about Zhu Ji's fast food." ?”
“Well, that’s exactly what happened.” The middle-aged official nodded.
"I don't think it's anything." Zhu Ping'an shrugged nonchalantly, with a calm look on his face, "Three hundred and sixty people will be the number one scholar."
"Nothing? Doesn't Zihou know the difference between justice and benefit?" Hearing this, the middle-aged official couldn't help shaking his head and laughing out loud, as if he had heard a big joke.
Of course Zhu Pingan knows the difference between justice and benefit.
The distinction between righteousness and benefit is a basic argument in Confucianism. It is about whether people should pursue righteousness or benefit.
The sage Confucius's sentence "A gentleman is compared to righteousness, and a villain is compared to benefit", which laid the basic argument; Mencius's "Gou will benefit first for righteousness later, and he will never tire of taking it" further elaborated on the theory of righteousness; Xunzi "For profit, fighting for goods and wealth, only looking for profit, this is the courage of Jia and thieves", which completely drove Shang into the ground.
The above is the mainstream ideology of Confucianism, which values righteousness and despises business, that is, "the so-called last one is industry and commerce."
"A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to profit. Therefore, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are at the bottom." The middle-aged official talked eloquently.
"No. In ancient times, there were four kinds of people: scholars, farmers, and daily workers, merchants. If a scholar is diligent in his studies, he can get a title; if a farmer is diligent in his fields, he can gather crops; if he is diligent in his work, he can get a lot of crops. If you are skilled in skills, you can easily feed and clothe yourself; if you are diligent in business, you can Through trade, you can accumulate wealth. These four are all the common people's business. Since the birth of the people, no one has been able to trade, regardless of the rank." Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and put forward the mainstream concept of this era. Different perspectives.
This is the difference of the times.
Although the status of merchants was much better in the Ming Dynasty, it was still incomparable with modern times. They would never have imagined that a few hundred years later a businessman would be called "Dad" by the whole people, let alone the conglomerate politics of Western powers a few hundred years from now.
"It's ridiculous, how can there be no distinction between high and low. Xunzi said: Fighting for things and wealth, only looking for profit, is the bravery of the thieves."
Another official stood up to refute Zhu Ping'an, with a look on his face Young man, your thoughts are very dangerous.
"That's it, Zihou. Businessmen value profits but have no righteousness, and are despised by others. "Book of Rites: Kingship" says: Businessmen and merchants 'do not associate with the officials when they leave the country', which is clear evidence." Immediately afterwards, there were officials who agreed.
These officials have deep-rooted ideas of great literati in their hearts, and their minds are filled with the idea that they are inferior in everything but good at reading.
Of course, the reason why so many officials stood up to ridicule Zhu Ping'an was because they took sides.
Zhu Ping'an was the unveiler of the Taicang case.
The Taicang case involved many people, and many officials were fined with silver and salary. Dozens of officials from the Yan Party were fined with silver, and many officials from the Li Mo Party were also fined with silver. Many people present were fined a lot of money, or some relatives and friends were fined a lot of money for this.
If it weren’t for Zhu Ping’an, the star of the game, I wouldn’t have been fined. This is the sentiment of many officials who have been fined.
It can be said that Zhu Pingan almost offended a small part of the officialdom by himself.
Of course, when they heard that Zhu Ping'an himself had also been fined, many officials felt a little angry. They deserved it and suffered it themselves. Later, when I heard that Zhu Pingan was fined for bankruptcy and forced to go into business, I felt even more relieved.
When he learned that Zhu Ping'an was still in the smelly business of pig sewerage, he couldn't help laughing.
The number one scholar is the best among scholars. Among the thousands of troops, he crossed the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination first. It is like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, but you jumped over the dragon gate and then went to toss the pig into the water.
Isn’t this a joke!
"Don't overgeneralize. A businessman and a scholar have different skills but they have the same mind. Therefore, a good businessman will cultivate wise behavior in the field of wealth, so although it is beneficial, it will not be tainted."
Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and replied calmly.
Although businessmen and scholars have different ways of making a living, their hearts are the same. People who are good at doing business, although they are sailing in the sea of business, their moral cultivation is still noble, just like the lotus that emerges from the mud without being stained. Although businessmen seek profit, they can still be noble.
“Confucius said: A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit; Mencius said: For the sake of righteousness, benefit comes first, and you will never get tired of taking it; The bravery of Jia Pirates "Zi Houru, who said that there is no distinction between high and low among the people?"
Another official stood up and joined the ranks of refuting Zhu Ping'an, saying that Zhu Ping'an's words were unreasonable and unfounded, and it was just personal sophistry.
"What Mr. Yangming said." Zhu Pingan replied.
"Mr. Yangming?" Everyone was startled.
Wang Yangming can be said to be a legend in the Ming Dynasty, with a legendary life, legendary abilities, and an influence no less than that of Zhu Xi.
“Yes. I believe all of you are aware of Mr. Yangming’s intellectual purpose of ‘studying things to reach conscience’. The so-called ‘studying things to reach conscience’ means that everyone has a conscience in their heart, that is to say, no matter you No matter what you do, whether you are a scholar or a farmer, an industrialist, or a businessman, you must have a conscience in your heart, and you can achieve this through studying things. This is why Yang Ming. The gentleman said, "The streets are full of saints," and he also emphasized that businessmen can also be saints and sages. He said, "Although they are engaged in business all day long, it does not prevent them from becoming saints and sages." Since all scholars, farmers, and merchants can be saints, so why. There are differences between high and low."
Zhu Ping'an looked around at the crowd and unhurriedly brought out Wang Yangming's theory of "investigating things to develop conscience."
Raising the banner to make a tiger skin still has some effect.
After Zhu Pingan brought out Wang Yangming's "Gu Wu Zhi Conscience", everyone couldn't think of how to refute Zhu Pingan in a short period of time.
When they figured out how to refute Zhu Pingan, they found that Zhu Pingan had already left.
All they saw was Zhu Pingan's back. After Zhu Pingan's back disappeared around the corner, everyone couldn't help but jeer in a low voice.
“Hmph, that’s a bunch of nonsense, misinterpreting Mr. Yangming’s original intention.”
“That’s right.”
“You’re just a pig to the water when you advocate the equality of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Businessmen don’t look down on him either.”
"Haha, I think he is stupid because of his studies. When he does business, he just does business. He can eat such lowly things as pigs. Look, after he opens Zhuji, he will cry sometimes. . ”
“Hahaha, I’m afraid it will be closed soon.”
“Hahaha, that makes sense” (End of this chapter)